The Xiaomi Mi Fan festival starts today, and more significantly, the Mi 5 smartphone is finally went on sale in India for the first time today. Only the 32GB variant of the smartphone which was launched last month, has arrived. Xiaomi also has only the white variant available today on its website. Xiaomi Mi 5 specifications and features: 15-inch full HD (1080p) display Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chipset 3GB of RAM. 16-megapixel rear camera with 4K video recording capabilities, four-axis OIS technology, PDAF, and dual-tone LED flash, a 4-megapixel front-facing camera 3,000mAh battery with Quick Charge 3.0 support. Fingerprint...

Oppo launched its F1 Plus smartphone for the Indian market today in an event held at New Delhi. The F1 Plus, which comes as an improved version of the current F1 smartphone, features several upgrades over its predecessor. The event also saw Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh being announced as the company’s first sports ambassador. The all-new F1 Plus is an international variant of the company's R9 smartphone, which was launched in China last month. Here are some of the key specs of the F1 Plus: Display: 5.5-inch Full HD Super AMOLED display, Gorilla...

Chinese smartphone maker Vernee unveiled its new flagship smartphone called Apollo in China. The handset will be available in the market from next month in silver colour option. On the specifications front, the Vernee Apollo features a 5.5-inch qHD display with 2560x1440 pixels resolution. Powering the handset is a deca-core MediaTek X20 processor paired with 6GB of RAM. The internal storage of the device accounts to 128GB. The smartphone runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system and it also incorporates a fingerprint sensor. The device comes equipped with a 21MP camera at the rear...

Mobile phone-based microscopy can be used to diagnose skin cancer accurately in settings where a traditional microscope is not available, according to a new study. Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Centre at Houston (UTHealth), said smartphone microscopes could improve the detection of skin cancer in developing countries. "Doctors in some remote areas don't have access to the high-powered microscopes we use to evaluate skin samples," said Richard Jahan-Tigh, assistant professor of dermatology at UTHealth. "Doctors there could use their smartphones to photograph growths and forward them for examination," said Jahan-Tigh. "We did a...

Google's next Android OS version might be months away from the release but a new screenshot may have offered the first look at the Marshmallow successor. Android's official Developer site now lists a screenshot for showing Day-Night theme in system setting. Notably, the page for turning-on/ off Bluetooth includes a hamburger setting on the top left which has been so far unavailable in any of Android OS versions - indicating that it may have offered the first look at the next version. The screenshot was first spotted by Android Police. The addition of hamburger...

ValueCart.in, founded by alumni from IIM Calcutta, Harvard and Columbia, was started back in April, 2015 with the goal of becoming the true bearers of ‘Value’ in every sense of the word, be it value for money or the experience. With online shopping gaining a foothold in India, it was easy, but then it was also challenging with online stores sprouting up like mushrooms in monsoon.